The hybrid MMA/boxing card, promoted by the event’s boxing headliner Roy Jones Jr. and his Square Ring Promotions company, takes place at the Pensacola Civic Center in Florida and airs on pay per view.

Sources close to both fighters told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) bout agreements were today signed for the heavyweight fight.

Lashley, a two-time NAIA national wrestling champion who wrestled with the WWE from 2005 to 2008, made his MMA debut in December. There, the American Top Team product scored a swift 41-second TKO of Joshua Franklin.

He’ll now meet Shamrock, a longtime MMA fighter who recently snapped a five-fight, four-and-a-half-year losing streak with a first-round TKO of super heavyweight Ross Clifton. The 45-year-old will go for his first back-to-back wins since stoppages of Brian Johnston and Alexander Otsuka in 1996 and 2000.

Set to headline the MMA portion of the March 21 card is Seth Petruzelli (10-4), who recently knocked out Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson before EliteXC’s ultimate demise. Petruzelli fights for the first time since the October event, and he’ll take on former WEC light-heavyweight champion Doug “Rhino” Marshall (9-3).

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